Umbrella identifying means



July 1934- s. 1. GOLDSTEIN I 1,965,699

UMBRELLA IDENTIFYING MEANS Filed March 4, 1931 Patented July 10, 1934- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Simon I. G'oldste Application MarchA,

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an identifying attachment for umbrellas which is inconspicuous and can be applied to the umbrella at nominal cost.

In carrying out the invention, I provide a tab 5 of flexible material, preferably of thin stiffened fabric, colored to match the color of the umbrella cover and upon which the name and address of the owner of the umbrella may be Written, and this tab is stitched along one of its edges intoa seam in the cover, during the making of the umbrella. These seams, which connect the sections of the umbrella cover together, extend along the lines of the ribs and hence, when the umbrella is finished, the stitched edge of the tab extends parallel with one of the ribs and on its outer side. The tab extends at one side of the rib, and being flexible it coils inwardly over the inner side of the rib when the umbrella is folded. To make the tab inconspicuous, the printed or identifying matter is placed upon the side of the tab which is next to the umbrella cover, and be tween this tab and the cover is another plain tab which covers and conceals from view the identifying matter and also protects it from direct contact with the umbrella cover, which contact might cause blurring of the identifying matter when the cover is wet and folded.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of a portion of an umbrella, unfolded, showing one of my identifying attachments;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of an umbrella riband cover, with the identifying tab and protecting tab separated at their free ends to show the identifying matter.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing, A indicates an umbrella cover composed of the sections a which are secured together in the usual manner, by seams which extend along the outer sides of the ribs B, one of these seams being shown at a in Fig. 2. The identifying device is shown at C and comprises a tab 1, upon which the name and address of the owner may be written, and a tab 2, of the same size, which lies against the tab 1 and covers the written or printed matter. These tabs are made of thin fabric treated with a waterproof sizing and are flexible and more or less resilient. In the manufacture of the umbrella, the two tabs, arranged face to face, are stitched into one of the seams, as indicated in Fig. 2. When the cover is applied to the ribs, the seams extend along the outer sides of the ribs and the tabs project at one side of in, Baltimore, Md'.

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the rib adjacent the seam to which the tabs are attached. The tabs are preferably given an inward bend, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, at the time the umbrella is made, so that when the umbrella is folded and the ribs are brought together the tabs will tend to curl inwardly over the rib which overlies the seam to which they are attached and will be out of the way of the adjacent rib when the ribs are crowded together in the folded umbrella. The tabs are relatively small and in color they match the color of the cover so that the attachment is inconspicuous.

A single tab, such as the tab 1, would be sufiicient for identifying the owner, but this would leave the identifying matter exposed and, furthermore, the single tab would lie directly against the umbrella cover and when the latter is wet the moisture, passing through the cover to the tab, might blur the markings on the tab.

address of the owner is written, from direct contact with the cover, and also to conceal the writing on the tab from view, I provide the protective tab 2 which lies between the tab 1 and the cover.

If the umbrella becomes mingled with other umbrellas of similar outward appearance, the owner can readily identify his umbrella by examining the tabs; and if the umbrella becomes lost, the finder will naturally look for identifying marks and seeing the tabs will separate their free ends, as indicated in Fig. 3, and find the name and address of the owner.

It will be evident that the identifying attachment above described may be applied to an umbrella at nominal cost since the cost of the material forming the tabs is negligible and the tabs are applied while stitching a necessary seam in the umbrella cover.

What I claim is:

The combination with an umbrella comprising ribs and a cover having its sections seamed together along the lines of the ribs, of two flexible tabs lying face to face and stitched along corresponding edges into a seam of the cover and projecting at one side of the adjacent rib, one of said tabs adapted to receive identifying marks and the other tab adapted to cover said marks and protect them from contact with the umbrella COVBI.

SIMON I. GOLDSTEIN.

In order toprotect the tab 1, on which the name and 

